Amazon Principal Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

47% would recommend to a friend

(115 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

39% approve of CEO

87% positive business outlook

Principal Software Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 115 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Principal Software Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Principal Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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115 reviews
4.0
Dec 19, 2022

Working at Amazon

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent place to work and learn in a fast paced environment. Colleagues are top notch, and leaders are driven. Process driven company that enables structure and discipline in every aspect of work- like project execution, meetings etc. A well envisioned and stable product roadmap

Cons

Hardware is typically hectic from work-life perspective and that is no different at amazon.

4.0
Dec 16, 2022

Great place to work

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance Outstanding onboarding program

Cons

Very peculiar culture, takes some getting used to

2.0
Oct 17, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Potential large impact Many great colleagues Leadership principals provide basis for making good decisions

Cons

Amazon consistently values: - speed over quality - operational effort over reliability - technical debt over discipline - extending rather than refactoring/rebuilding. Leadership principals can be weaponized to justify bad decisions.

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